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“Opening Day at Wrigley Field has always brought challenges with wait times and tonight was particularly extreme,” Cubs spokesman Julian Green told NBC Chicago via email. MLB 2015: Power rankings | Opening day TV schedule “With 35,000 fans showing up in the ballpark tonight, we were simply not prepared to handle guests during peak periods. We have high standards for service and we missed the mark tonight.” The Cubs plan to add additional portable toilets for future games....

The team said seven-time MLB All-Star Kimbrel reported feeling discomfort after his most recent outing against the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday and underwent an MRI, which revealed the issue. It is the latest bump in an up-and-down season for Kimbrel, who has struggled to find consistency since signing with the Cubs on June 7 after sitting out spring training and nearly half the season. While the 31-year-old seemed to have found a groove after a rough start to his Chicago tenure, converting six consecutive-save chances last month, he suffered a brutal blown save in Milwaukee, allowing a pair of 10th-inning homers in a 5-3 loss after the Cubs had taken a lead in the top of the inning....

The Cubs got six double plays on grounders — five with Cole Hamels pitching — and one on a line drive. The Elias Sports Bureau said the Cubs became the third team in big league history to turn seven DPs in a nine-inning game. Pittsburgh put runners on first and second in the ninth before Jesse Chavez got Freese to ground to Bote. Having hit a game-ending grand slam last Sunday night to beat Washington 4-3, Bote again was in the right place to cap off a win....

The two were involved in a heated exchange during the second half of Madrid’s 3-0 victory at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez. It was alleged on social media that Cucurella, who joined Getafe on a season-long loan from Barcelona last July, addressed Militao with the word ‘mico’, which means monkey in Catalan. Cucurella said he used the Castilian Spanish term ‘pico’, which translates in the context used as mouth. “I would like to clarify that in no moment did I insult Militao....

RELATED: Cult Of The Lamb: How Long To Beat Cult of the Lamb features fairly straightforward combat mechanics and will drag players through a small tutorial when they start a new game, but dungeons will get progressively harder as players proceed through their adventure and grow their flock. Those struggling to make it through some of the enemy-filled rooms that flank each zone can use the following combat tips to help keep them on their feet....

Lower East Side Tenement Museum: See what life was like for immigrant families in the historic tenement house at 97 Orchard Street. Guided tours: $12. tenement.org. National Museum of the American Indian: View contemporary and traditional Native American art and artifacts. Open daily, 10-5. Free. americanindian.si.edu. Skyscraper Museum: Compare different plans for the WTC site memorial and learn how the tallest skyscrapers are constructed. Open Wed.-Sun., noon-6. $5. skyscraper.org....

Croatia face Spain at Zagreb’s Maksimir stadium on November 15, and England three days later at Wembley. “We are facing excellent and difficult games but Croatia can answer to such challenges,” Dalic told reporters in Zagreb. “We are concentrated on Spain, we want to try to win in front of home fans to stay in the game for the final tournament.” Croatia reached the 2018 World Cup final in Moscow on July 15, a historic moment of glory for the team despite losing 4-2 to France....

“There is not enough evidence that he (Modric) committed the criminal offence of perjury,” Kresimir Devcic told AFP. The ruling, which closes the case, comes as Modric is hoping to be awarded the 2018 Ballon d’Or in Paris on Monday for taking his team to the 2018 World Cup finals in Moscow. Croatia lost to France in the final but the small nation was overjoyed by its historic run, which temporarily quieted anguish over corruption and other problems plaguing the sport....

The 2018 finalists looked sluggish coming into this match, but they put on a masterful performance against Neymar and Brazil. With the game scoreless in regulation, it appeared that the journey was over for Croatia, as Neymar scored in added time of the first extra-time half, but Bruno Petkovic’s 117th-minute equalizer sent the match to penalties. There, Dominik Livakovic, the hero of the penalty shootout against Japan, came up big again, saving Rodrygo’s first effort to put Croatia ahead....

LIVE: Follow Brazil vs. Croatia updates from the World Cup 2018 finalists Croatia battled past Japan in the Round of 16, with Zlatko Dalic’s side needing a penalty shootout to clinch a last eight spot, as the Samba Boys danced their way past South Korea. The stakes are high ahead of this clash, with Croatia looking to banish the ghost of a final defeat in Russia four years ago, and Brazil aiming to reach a first World Cup final in 20 years....

The incident in question occurred during a Serie B encounter on Saturday. Everton 7/2 to beat Southampton A forgettable contest which ended in a 0-0 draw produced few moments of note, but Croce looks set to dominate the post-match headlines. He faced no action from the match officials after clashing with Padella, but could be stung by retrospective punishment. While his actions were not spotted by those in charge of proceedings, they were caught on camera....

The injured estuarine crocodile—which was more than 11 feet long—was found with a steel arrow piercing its body and several stab wounds to its neck and throat in northern Queensland, Australia. The Queensland Department of Environment and Science (DES) said its wildlife officers captured and removed the crocodile from the river after a member of the public spotted it swimming near moored boats in the Johnstone River near Innisfail, on Friday....

If giving the unwashed masses the power to tag (effectively index and organize) the LOC’s photo archive sounds, well, potentially risky, the response has been instantaneous and overwhelmingly positive. Within 24 hours of the project’s launch last week, all 3,115 images had been viewed at least once (with 650,000 total views), more than 500 pictures had received comments, and 4,000 unique tags had been added. And some of them are already proving useful: users have added new information in tags and comments to portraits of boxers, sulky racers, base stealers, Riveting Rosies and many, many more....

However, the deaths come amid two of the ship’s passengers testing positive for COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus strain. In a statement to Newsweek, Holland America Line did not state if the deceased individuals were among the positive tests or if any of the four had the virus. “Our thoughts and prayers are with their families and we are doing everything we can to support them during this difficult time,” the statement said....

Ask the Manchester City manager how anybody else compares to the Argentine and you will be told that there isn’t a comparison at all. Mohamed Salah and Kylian Mbappe are among the players to have been likened to Messi recently, but Guardiola isn’t having it. “Nobody can sit at the same table as Messi,” he began when asked about Mbappe, who he actually tried to sign. And on Salah: “I respect him a lot, but I’ll help him by telling him to try to avoid being compared with the other guy....

Coming to the platform on August 18 are Katsuhiro Otomo’s sci-fi epic Akira and Makoto Shinkai’s coming-of-age fantasy romance, Your Name. While these films have certainly already made indelible marks on the history of anime itself, this upcoming presentation from Crunchyroll is sure to introduce a whole new pool of viewers to two of anime’s biggest event feature films. RELATED: Best Anime On Crunchyroll (August 2022) Your Name The first new anime tentpole coming to Crunchyroll was released in 2016 from CoMix Wave Films and acclaimed theatrical anime director Makoto Shinkai....

Meanwhile, the Newsweek Cryptocurrency Index has data on 11 currencies, with individual strength comparisons. Bitcoin (BTC/USD) Analysis Key Highlights BTC has gained more than $1,000 after the Fed’s Monetary Policy decision. The central bank hiked rates by 25 basis points, as expected. The hopes of a Russia and Ukraine compromise have lifted optimism. Technical Analysis Intraday trend - Bullish On the daily chart, the pair is trading above Tenken-sen ($40,079), Kijun-sen ($39,828), and below Ichimoku Kumo cloud ($41,399) confirming a bullish trend....

The news comes by the way of Kotaku, who first noticed the screenshots on the Crysis Remastered page and uploaded a screen capture of the gallery to its site. RELATED: Crysis Remastered Releases First Trailer When the screenshot was taken, there seemed to be only three separate screenshots uploaded on the Microsoft Store; a small number considering the game is getting its full reveal tomorrow. Of course, given the fact that the page is taken down at this point means any attempt to blow each individual picture up is impossible....

The Premier League weekend began with Liverpool travelling to Selhurst Park to take on a struggling Crystal Palace side. The Reds were looking to continue their form after having thumped Watford 5-0 in their last league encounter. The Eagles, on the other hand, had just ended their four-game losing streak after beating Huddersfield 2-0 away from home and were hoping to add to that victory. Luka Milivojevic converted the spot-kick to give the home side the lead in the 13th minute but Jurgen Klopp’s side appeared to be rejuvenated in the second half when Sadio Mane scored an equaliser in the 49th minute....